1979: Big Bang of the Present

7.5

Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measures in the United Kingdom. Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic Revolution in Iran. Pope John Paul II's visit to Poland. Saddam Hussein's rise to power in Iraq. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The nuclear accident at the Harrisburg power plant and the birth of ecological activism. The year 1979, the beginning of the future.

Discover

Haideh Daragahi

Self - Literature Professor (1979)

Shahin Nawai

Self - Biologist (1979)

Chahla Chafiq

Self - Student (1979)

Chris Niedenthal

Self - Photojournalist (1979)

Leszek Balcerowicz

Self - Economist (1979)

Stanisław Ciosek

Self - Politician (1979)

Alfred Wierzbicki

Self - Student (1979)

Hanna Suchocka

Self - Jurist (1979)

Roger Garside

Self - Diplomat (1979)

Wei Jingsheng

Self - Political Dissident (1979)

Chas Freeman

Self - US DoS Official (1979)

Charles Moore

Self - Political Journalist (1979)

Michael Heseltine

Self - Politician (1979)

Roy Hattersley

Self - Politician (1979)

David Owen

Self - Politician (1979)

Lech Wałęsa

Self - Shipyard Worker (1979)

Jan Berris

Self - Press Liaison (1979)

Eva Quistorp

Self - Activist (1979)

Helmut Schmidt

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter

Self - Politician (archive footage)

James Callaghan

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ruhollah Khomeini

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran

Self (archive footage)

John Paul II.

Self (archive footage)

Deng Xiaoping

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Margaret Thatcher

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Leonid Brezhnev

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Saddam Hussein

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Leopoldo Galtieri

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Camera

Sven Klöpper

Camera Operator

Frederik Walker

Camera Operator

Olivia Furtwängler

Camera Operator

Crew

Frank Bösch

Technical Advisor

David W. Lesch

Technical Advisor

Christian von Behr

Commissioning Editor

Directing

Pascal Verroust

Director

Dirk van den Berg

Director

Editing

Frédéric Vidal

Editor

Christophe Gautier

Color Grading

Production

Nico Di Biase

Production Director

Dirk van den Berg

Producer

Pascal Verroust

Producer

Olivia Furtwängler

Associate Producer

Valérie Canton-Pont

Researcher

Sound

Delphine Thelliez

Sound Editor

Delphine Thelliez

Sound Mixer

Mathieu Descamps

Sound

Writing

Pascal Verroust

Writer

Dirk van den Berg

Writer

Camera

Sven Klöpper

Camera Operator

Frederik Walker

Camera Operator

Olivia Furtwängler

Camera Operator

Crew

Frank Bösch

Technical Advisor

David W. Lesch

Technical Advisor

Christian von Behr

Commissioning Editor

Directing

Pascal Verroust

Director

Dirk van den Berg

Director

Editing

Frédéric Vidal

Editor

Christophe Gautier

Color Grading

Production

Nico Di Biase

Production Director

Dirk van den Berg

Producer

Pascal Verroust

Producer

Olivia Furtwängler

Associate Producer

Valérie Canton-Pont

Researcher

Sound

Delphine Thelliez

Sound Editor

Delphine Thelliez

Sound Mixer

Mathieu Descamps

Sound

Writing

Pascal Verroust

Writer

Dirk van den Berg

Writer